Re: Correlation Question

Maybe 'we' are misunderstanding you but, by definition,
a correlation is calculated via:

   cor = SUM [(X(t)-Xave)*(Y(t)-Yave)}]/(Xstd*Ystd)

so if X=>sst(lat,lon,time)
and Y=>prc(time)

where time is size one, Y(t)-Yave is zero because
the Yave=prc. The avergae of one value is the mean.

Further, the Ystd is 0 since there is only one value.

same for X if time is size one.

On 5/2/13 8:48 AM, Nkese Mc Shine wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I probably was not clear on what I wanted to do. I would like to correlate one(1) month sst(lat,lon,time) with 1 month of precipitation which is actually one(1) value precip(time) and I wanted the correlation to be (lat,lon) so that it can be plotted on a map. So what I understand is this can not be done. Since my precipitation data has only the time dimension then using the pattern_cor() can not be used either because the output is (time) only and my precipitation data would have to also contain lat and lon.
>
> If there any other suggestions to what I may be able to do, please let me know. Thank you for all your help.
>
> Regards,
> Nkese.
> ________________________________________
> From: Dennis Shea [shea@ucar.edu]
> Sent: 02 May 2013 08:30
> To: Nkese Mc Shine
> Cc: ncl-talk@ucar.edu
> Subject: Re: Correlation Question
>
> Ho Nkese
>
> If you have an array: x(lat,lon,time)
>
> You can use the named dimensions to reorder
>
> xNew = x(time|:,lat|:,lon|:)
> printVarSummary(xNew)
>
> Then you can compute the pattern correaltion(s)
>
> Good Luck
>
> On 5/2/13 3:22 AM, Nkese Mc Shine wrote:
>> Will,
>>
>> Thank you for the explanation and suggestion however I do not think that will work as pattern_cor the rightmost dimension must be lon, and my monthly data which is 1 value is in time.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Nkese.
>> ________________________________
>> From: Will Hobbs [Will.Hobbs@utas.edu.au]
>> Sent: 30 April 2013 19:37
>> To: Nkese Mc Shine; ncl-talk@ucar.edu
>> Subject: Re: Correlation Question
>>
>> Nkese
>>
>>> I would like to make a month to month correlation. I would like to correlate 1 month of sst(lat,lon,time) with 1 month of precipitation which actually is 1 value. Is it possible?
>>
>> No, you can't correlate a single value (in this case a month). This is nothing to do with NCL's capability, but fundamental to what a correlation is, i.e. a comparison of two variances. A single realisation (in your case a month) does not have a variance.
>>
>> What you can do (in case I misunderstood your question) is correlate the spatial pattern with that of a a single month; the output would be a time series of correlations. This can be done in NCL using the function 'pattern_cor()'
>>
>> Will
>>
>> From: Nkese Mc Shine <Nkese.McShine@sta.uwi.edu<mailto:Nkese.McShine@sta.uwi.edu>>
>> Date: Wednesday, 1 May 2013 12:11 AM
>> To: "ncl-talk@ucar.edu<mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu>" <ncl-talk@ucar.edu<mailto:ncl-talk@ucar.edu>>
>> Subject: Correlation Question
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> I would like to make a month to month correlation. I would like to correlate 1 month of sst(lat,lon,time) with 1 month of precipitation which actually is 1 value. Is it possible? Attached is my script and below is the output. Please let me know, what I can do if it is possible.
>>
>> Variable: sst_anom
>> Type: float
>> Total Size: 105408000 bytes
>> 26352000 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 3
>> Dimensions and sizes: [lat | 100] x [lon | 360] x [time | 732]
>> Coordinates:
>> lat: [49.5..-49.5]
>> lon: [-179.5..179.5]
>> time: [194601..200612]
>> Number Of Attributes: 12
>> anomaly_op_ncl : Annual Cycle Removed:function rmMonAnnCycLLT:contributed.ncl
>> description : HadISST 1.1 monthly average sea surface temperature
>> actual_range : ( -1.8, 34.76296 )
>> missing_value : -1e+30
>> _FillValue : -1e+30
>> scale_factor : 1
>> cell_methods : time: lat: lon: mean
>> add_offset : 0
>> units : degC
>> standard_name : sea_surface_temperature
>> long_name : Monthly 1 degree resolution SST
>> reference : function rmMonAnnCycLLT in contrib.ncl
>> (0)
>> (0) Monthly 1 degree resolution SST: min=-8.70077 max=6.98223
>>
>> Variable: sst_anom_jan
>> Type: float
>> Total Size: 144000 bytes
>> 36000 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 3
>> Dimensions and sizes: [lat | 100] x [lon | 360] x [time | 1]
>> Coordinates:
>> lat: [49.5..-49.5]
>> lon: [-179.5..179.5]
>> time: [199301..199301]
>> Number Of Attributes: 12
>> reference : function rmMonAnnCycLLT in contrib.ncl
>> long_name : Monthly 1 degree resolution SST
>> standard_name : sea_surface_temperature
>> units : degC
>> add_offset : 0
>> cell_methods : time: lat: lon: mean
>> scale_factor : 1
>> _FillValue : -1e+30
>> missing_value : -1e+30
>> actual_range : ( -1.8, 34.76296 )
>> description : HadISST 1.1 monthly average sea surface temperature
>> anomaly_op_ncl : Annual Cycle Removed:function rmMonAnnCycLLT:contributed.ncl
>> (0)
>> (0) Monthly 1 degree resolution SST: min=-2.4631 max=2.59599
>>
>> Variable: precipanom_data_ts
>> Type: float
>> Total Size: 2928 bytes
>> 732 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 1
>> Dimensions and sizes: [time | 732]
>> Coordinates:
>> time: [194601..200612]
>> Number Of Attributes: 1
>> _FillValue : 9.96921e+36
>> (0)
>> (0) min=-1.73324 max=3.01711
>>
>> Variable: precipJJA1993
>> Type: float
>> Total Size: 4 bytes
>> 1 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 1
>> Dimensions and sizes: [time | 1]
>> Coordinates:
>> time: [199307..199307]
>> Number Of Attributes: 2
>> _FillValue : 9.96921e+36
>> NMO : 6
>> (0)
>> (0) min=0.267831 max=0.267831
>> warning:escorc: Non-fatal conditions encountered in series or xstd equals zero.
>> Possibly, all values of a series are constant.
>>
>> warning:escorc: Most likely, one or more series consisted of all constant values
>>
>> Variable: corr
>> Type: float
>> Total Size: 144000 bytes
>> 36000 values
>> Number of Dimensions: 2
>> Dimensions and sizes: [100] x [360]
>> Coordinates:
>> Number Of Attributes: 1
>> _FillValue : -1e+30
>> (0)
>> (0) min=-1e+30 max=-1e+30
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nkese.
>>
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